Mumbai:
A six-member team headed by the director of the health department will conduct a probe into the Bhandara hospital fire and submit a report within three days, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has announced.
Ten infants died while seven were rescued after a fire broke out at a special ward for new-born babies at the Bhandara district general hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The probe committee will be headed by a director, Health Sadhana Tayade, Tope told reporters in Bhandara.
The committee will look into issues related to fire safety equipment and fire audit, he said.
